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Despite Hamilton’s current struggles, he has Ferrari’s team principal supporting him through this learning period. Vasseur has confirmed several times that Ferrari is being patient with Hamilton, waiting for him to adjust.
After being asked in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix press conference about how similar Charles Leclerc and Hamilton are, Vasseur responded, “Similar? You don't have two drivers with the same approach. They're competitors. They’re both champions.”
He continued, “They have their own DNA, their own approach, and they want to get the best. What is positive for us is that they're pushing each other, and we need to get the best from them. But their approach is the approach of competitors.”
Vasseur added to that saying, “He's coming with his own experience – 20 years in F1, different teams, almost ten years at McLaren, 12 years at Mercedes. It’s always good to have someone joining the team with that kind of experience, this kind of vision to help us improve.”
Ferrari ended the 2024 Formula 1 season in second place in the constructors' standings. Unfortunately, the season did not start off the way the last one ended.
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He continued, “We have four teams fighting for the win today – perhaps five or six tomorrow – but four teams with different structures, different people, different management. We’re all able to put four cars in one tenth.”
“That means it's not that someone is right or wrong. It's that we have to try to understand what others are doing and try to get the best from them.”
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